Fireless cooker.



U. H. WRIGHT.

FIRELESS COOKER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.5, 1914.

1,120,877., Patented Dec. 15, 1914.

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APPLICATION FILED FEB. 5, 1914.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Dec, 15, 1914;

Application filed February 5, 1914. Serial No.'816,775.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. WRIGHT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Denver, in the county of Denver and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fireless Cookers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in fireless cookers and the primary object of the same is to provide a device of this character which isconstructed in such a manner as to enable the heating element thereof to be placed over any suitable burner and heated to the proper extent, after which the utensil, containing food to be cooked, may be placed upon said element and a heat insulated hood then'placed over said utensil.

A secondary object is to construct the hood, above mentioned, in such a manner that no heat will be allowed to escape from the upper end thereof due to the fact that it is made solid at said upper end.

Still another object of the invention is to construct the device in such a manner that the shell or hood need not be heated to a great extent, heat insulating material being employed between the base onwhich said shell rests and the lower end thereof.

With the above-objects in view, the invention resides in certain novel featuresof construction and combination herein described and shown in the drawings wherein 2- Figure 1 is a side elevation of myimproved fireless cooker; Fig. 2 is a top plan l view of a portion of the base thereof; and

Fi 3 is a vertical section throu h the en- I c I n a tire cooker showing 1t supported upon a stove.

In the embodiment illustratede I have heating element (preferably formed of soapstone)., i 1A p The heating element 5 is of considerable thickness and ishereshown as extending slightly above the wall 4; of said base 1, although it willbe clearlyunderstood that this is not necessary tothe successful operation of the device.v

Disposed between the periphery of the a heating element 5 and thewall 4:, are a plurality of packing rings 6 which may be formed of any heat insulating material but are preferably formed of asbestos.

rings could be employedor a single ring of greater thickness could be used to equal advantage.

Resting removably upon the uppermost ring 6 is a bead 7 which depends from an I inner wall 8 of a heat insulated hood or-shell,

the wall 8 being provided with a suitable top 9 while an outer wall 10surrounds the wall 8 is spaced a considerable distance within thebead 7 while its outer edge is crimpedaround the outturned ed as of the lower end of the wall 10. The shell or hood is preferably provided with a ,pair of handles :13" by means of 'which'it :may {be movedand with a suitable thermometer T for determining the temperature within said shell. e

With the parts constructed as above described, when the shell orhoodis in place over the heating element 5. the innerwall 8 will be spaced from said heating element and the bead? will be the only point of contact between saidshell and the asbestos rings 6. By so constructing'the vdevice. when the element '5 is heated, the heat will radiate therefrom and will cause" the base 1 to ;be-,

come very hot. Due to the insulating rings 6 however, very little of this heat will be imparted'tothe walls of the shell, thus obviating thedanger of overheating said shell.

It will be understood that the major part Itwill" be understood that any number of these of the heat radiated from the element 5 will rise within the shell andwill act upon the food placed therein.

By so constructing the above parts, when it is desired to use the cooker, the base 1, containing the heating element 5 and the asbestos rings 6, is placed over any suitable burner. The burner is then lighted and the element 5 allowed to be heated to a proper degree after which the utensil containing the food to be cooked, is placed on said element and the shell or hood is positioned over said utensil with its bead 7 resting upon the uppermost insulating ring 6 as'hereinbefore described. After this opera tion, the heat from the burner may be further employed until the thermometer T registers the proper degree of heat whereupon the flame from said burner-may be extinguished and the entire cooker may then be left in its original position and need not be moved from the stove since it is of such size that it takes up no more space than an ordinary broiler, kettle, or frying pan.

The structure herein described, has been given very rigid tests and has proved to be one of the most efficient cookers'on the market, there being no openings whatever'at the top of the cooker to allow heat to escape.

By constructing the parts in the above described manner and allowing the cooker to remain on the stove, I obviate the loss.

of heat which is usually prevalent with devices of this character since they employ heating elements which are designed to be heated at one place and then moved to the place where the cooker is located.

Although I have described my invention with considerable minuteness, I do not wish to be limited to details other than those amplified in the appended claims.

I preferably but not necessarily form all metal parts of the device of aluminum, the advantageous characteristics of which are generally known.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters-Patent is:

1'. A fireless cooker comprising a panshaped base having an opening in the center of its bottom, a heating element centrally located in said pan-shaped base and restingupon said bottom, said heating element being spaced at its edges from the wall of said base, a filling of insulating material resting upon the bottom of the pan-shaped base and located between the edges of said heating element and the Wall of said base, and a shell open at its lower end and closed at its upper end, said-lower end resting upon said filling of insulating material and being out of contact with the heating element and the wall of the base.

2. A fireless cooker comprising i a panshaped base, a reinforcing ring secured to the bottom of said base adjacent its juncture with the upright wall of said base, said base having a central opening of less diameter than the diameter of the opening in said ring, whereby to provide an exposed flange projecting inwardly from the ring, a heating element resting upon said exposed portion and contacting at its edges with the inner edge of the ring, an insulating ring surrounding the heating element and interposed between the same and the wall of the pan-shaped base, and a shell closed at its upper end and open at its lower end, said lower and surrounding the upper portion of the heating element, resting upon said insulating ring, and being out of contact with the base and said heating element.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

- CHARLES H. WRIGHT.

Witnesses:

JOHN M. RUSHTON, RICHARD BULLARD.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.? 

